These podium girls add another element to sport and in Le Tour De France, give way to a little sex appeal.
While their faces are pretty and perfectly made up with
beaming smiles, it is the outfits that will catch the attention of the ladies
out there, well, after their eyes stop gawking at the crotch of many of these
riders.
There are two girls for each of the jersey’s (Yellow, Green,
Polka Dot and White) and for the winner of the stage. One girl carries the
flowers, while the other holds some sort of trophy (for the yellow it is a
stuffed lion, and for the white a stuffed bear). After awarding the rider, the kisses commence
and it is always a novelty to try and work out how many times that the ladies
up there kiss the rider as it sometimes varies between one, two or three times.
While it is the girls who are selected based on their
vanity, during the tour, it is the outfits that are sure to garner the
attention of the fashion conscious.
While in this year’s tour the outfits worn by the podium
girls were mutually agreed upon as conservative, and appropriate, like with
anything, there have been some shockers in the past.
For example, in 2010 the podium girls for the polka dot
jersey which is award for the rider who climbs the best, in Paris, if he wins
he is then called the “king of the mountains”. The podium lasses wore dresses
that were more reminiscent of umbrellas than of ready to wear pieces, now that I
think of it, I think they were
umbrella dresses that would make even Mary Poppins proud.
For myself, each night watching the presentations meant
seeing these dresses and at one point I couldn’t help but think, “up, up and
away!”
However, there are many dresses that the podium girls have
worn that are rather pretty and not horrendous so check it out for yourself;
simply Google “podium girls of le tour de France 2011” and see for yourself,
heck you might even get a laugh.
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